Soon, the officials of the Zongzheng Temple figured it out first, "The late emperor must have wanted to use the Lu family and locked those three people in the dungeon to threaten them."
"Someone, go to the palace to fetch the person." Lord Xiao sent someone.
"I will go there myself to pick up the criminal." In order to prevent the three people from being killed to silence them, Minister Wang of the Ministry of Justice did not dare to delay and rode his horse at full speed to the palace.
After he found Commander Cheng, he hurriedly explained the situation: "Minister Qi is suing the Lu family for using ten people to kill people and rob money. Now there are three survivors in the palace dungeon and need to be brought to trial immediately."
"There are three people in the dungeon." When Commander Cheng heard that it was a case involving the Qi Mansion, he knew that the matter was serious, so he immediately got up and went to the dungeon, quickly brought out the three people, and then solemnly handed them over to Minister Wang.
The three men were fat and white in the dungeon, and they didn't look like tortured people at all. When they came out, they looked panicked and asked in unison, "Sir, where are you taking us?"
Minister Wang looked at them, and he understood what they were thinking. He told them coldly, "Your master, the Lu family, has been confiscated and is awaiting execution for killing the princess. Now if you want to save yourself and your family, this is your only chance."
"My Lord, what chance?"
"Need I say more? Of course, it's about the ten of you who went to assassinate the Qi family. As long as you tell the truth, I can guarantee your safety and try to give you a lighter sentence."
Hearing this, the three of them looked at each other with very ugly faces. They knew that they were caught in a dilemma. If they confessed, they might have a glimmer of hope; but if they continued to conceal the truth, they would probably die.
Finally, they gritted their teeth and decided to tell Minister Wang the truth.
Minister Wang saw that they wanted to speak, so he asked, "Will you confess and sign your name?"
"I'll give my instructions." One person said first.
The other two nodded. "I will sign my name."
Minister Wang wrote down their confessions, asked them to sign them, and then took them to the government office.
Inside the government office, Lord Xiao sat drinking tea, waiting for three prisoners to be brought in for interrogation. He wanted to rest quietly and think about the complicated case he was trying today.
Unexpectedly, the Lu family was arguing in the hall, "Who committed a crime to implicate us?"
"Those three people will bear the consequences themselves. It is none of our business, sir."
Master Xiao was annoyed by the noise and said to the Lu family on the spot: "According to Hu Dingmin, Lu Fengyun was a prostitute in a brothel and was rescued by him. Later, Lu Fengyun sent him to kill Xiao Chuan from the brothel to silence her and set fire to the brothel to vent his anger."
When these words were spoken, everyone in the audience was shocked and there was an uproar.
"Oh my god, there really is a member of the Lu family working as a prostitute."
"It's still Lu Fengyun."
"How could this be?"
"What happened?"
The people in the Lu residence were terrified, looking at each other, at a loss. They realized that the rumor was true, and Lu Fengyun was actually taken to a prostitute's house to be a prostitute.
Everyone's eyes turned to Lu Fengyun with shock, suspicion and condemnation.
Lu Fengyun was so ashamed and angry that he lowered his head, his face as pale as paper, and he dared not look at his family members again.
At this moment, his heart was filled with regret and self-blame, and he wished there was a crack in the ground so he could crawl under it and hide.
He knew that his reputation had been ruined. Not only had he brought disgrace upon the Lu family, but he had also plunged the entire family into a huge scandal. From now on, the Lu family would become notorious and would never again be as glorious as it once was.
Facing the gazes and accusations of the crowd, he felt extremely painful and helpless. However, everything was irreversible and he could only bear the consequences silently.
After a long while, the eldest master of the Lu family said weakly with a pale face, "He killed someone and he should be punished alone. There is no need to raid our Lu family and arrest all of our people."
Master Xiao smiled and said, "You sent servants to rob and kill people from the General's Mansion. Is that a light crime?"
“Not to the extent that…”
Sir Xiao waved his hand impatiently and said, "You can ask your son what the specific crime is and you will know the reason."
The eldest master of the Lu family rushed over and slapped his eldest son hard, cursing, "You shameless beast, how did you get into such a disaster?"
He asked angrily, "What have you done to deserve your house being searched?"
He simply couldn't understand why the Lu family would be confiscated. Previously, the Lu family followed the Zuo family and wanted to kill the Lu family and their son to seize the throne. Even if the Zuo family failed and was executed later, their Lu family would be fine.
Because the Lu family is a famous and aristocratic family, how could the royal family just plunder a family at will?
Lu Fengyun covered his swollen face with one hand and said in a very low voice: "Xiaochuan from the brothel is a princess."
"Ah, it's over, it's all over!" The eldest master of the Lu family was extremely shocked after hearing this. He said this with trembling lips, and then his eyes went dark and he fell to the ground.
Minister Wang handed the signed confession along with the three people to Lord Xiao.
Lord Xiao interrogated the three people in front of everyone, "Did you obey orders to kill the people from the Qi Mansion?"
The three of them knelt down and confessed everything with their heads down. "The Lu family saw that the Qi family's bank was doing well, so they sent ten people to rob and kill Miss Qi. Seven of them were killed by the masters around her, and three of us were injured."
With irrefutable evidence, the government officials consulted with the Ministry of Justice, the Dali Temple, and the Zongzheng Temple and made a verdict:
Ding Jinxiu falsely accused the Marquis's family of a serious crime and should have been sentenced to death by lingchi, but because she had made a meritorious report, her sentence was substituted by beheading.
Hu Dingmin was convicted of multiple crimes including false accusation and murder, and his crimes were extremely serious. He was given 50 strokes of the cane and sentenced to death by slow slicing.
Lu Fengyun was convicted of multiple crimes including false accusation and murder, which was extremely serious. He was given 50 strokes of the cane and sentenced to death by slow slicing.
The Lu family actually dared to send someone to assassinate the people in the general's mansion. This was simply lawless. As the owner of the Lu family, he was also to blame for not keeping a strict house. The Lu family's direct descendants were sentenced to have their property confiscated, all male members were beheaded, and the female members were demoted to military prostitutes.
The debt owed by the Lu family must be repaid by all members of the Lu family. If the debt is not repaid within the prescribed time limit, the family will be confiscated and the person will be convicted.
After hearing the news, everyone in the Lu family was so frightened that they knelt on the ground one after another as if they had lost their support. The real reason behind their crime was also known (the princess was sent to a brothel, and Lu Fengyun ordered someone to kill the princess to silence her.)
Ding Jinxiu was overwhelmed. She rolled her eyes and collapsed to the ground, muttering, "I trusted the wrong person... If I had known this would happen, I would have stayed in Yangzhou as a concubine and enjoyed a life of wealth and luxury..."
Hu Dingmin on the side was even more terrified, and screamed: "This is all Lu Fengyun's instigation, it has nothing to do with me! He was unwilling to be sold as a prostitute, so he asked me to kill people to silence them..."
"Shut up!" Lu Fengyun was so angry that he kicked Hu Dingmin in the crotch. With a scream of "Ah!", Hu Dingmin fell to the ground, holding his crotch and rolling in pain.
Someone outside laughed and said, "Why do you have to do this? You can still be a couple in the underworld."
"Hahaha, we've never seen anything like this." Everyone burst into laughter.
Qi Wan smiled brightly when she saw this. She turned around and saw Wu Yi looking at her with admiration. She blinked and asked in a low voice, "How is this game?"
"Amazing, Master." Wu Yi praised softly, "You have included all the bad people who have harmed you."
Qi Wan secretly said to himself: "You guys are doing bad things, I'll be the demon, let's see whose magic is better."
Qi Wan was in a very happy mood. After her rebirth, she not only killed her enemies, but also eliminated the Lu family, the largest family that dared to harm her and the Qi Mansion.
She raised her eyebrows and laughed secretly: "If you want to harm me, I will make you die without knowing how! All the gold and silver you lost are in my space!"
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